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I've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it,
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They only want to talk because of me,
Trump saidJoe Biden is a very dumb man who was dumber than ever before,
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I get tired of listening to it.”
When Kilmeade pressed Trump repeatedly on whether the war’s atrocities were Putin’s fault, the president replied
I’m not trying to make Putin [seem] nicer or better,
he addedBut Mr. President, but you know who's to blame for that. But don't you think it's Vladimir Putin that did the invasion unwarranted to try to take back land he had no right to? And don't you think fundamentally, that's that?"
On Friday, Kilmeade repeatedly pressed Trump on Putin, saying
They only want to talk because of me. If I wasn't involved, they wouldn't be talking to each other. And Russia would continue to, you know, go through Ukraine because they are going through, Brian, they've taken a lot of land, and Russia would continue to march through Ukraine,
Trump responded, dodging the direct question about which nation is to blame for starting the war
Make no mistake about it, that invasion was the responsibility of one human being on the face of this planet. It was Vladimir Putin."
Thom Tillis, R-N.C., echoed Kennedy, telling reporters that same dayI don’t think he’s very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you,
Trump said days after Zelenskyy saidI've been watching this man for years now, as his cities get demolished, as his people get killed, as the soldiers get decimated,
Trump said on Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show" on Friday morningNow, both sides want to talk, it seems, so we should just get to that point?"
Kilmeade addedI think they really want to make a deal, I do. They, they found it impossible to make a deal with Zelenskyy as his buildings came down,
Trump told KilmeadeHe's been at a meetings for three years, and nothing got done,
Trump saidYou know, we Ukrainians have seen plenty of war and revolution and we don't like when someone tells us who are president should be,
Anastasiya, a 27-year-old IT worker from Kyiv said
This figure appears to be based on a different calculation and definition of aid. It may also include categories that we do not track in our dataset."
When asked about the gap between these figures and Trump's $350 billion claim, UST project leader Taro Nishikawa told DW
Yes, he's not a perfect president, but he's not a dictator…It feels like the whole world is against us."
Kateryna Karaush, a 25-year-old tech worker from Kyiv, said
The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president's mind by badmouthing him in public media…everyone who knows the president will tell you that is an atrocious way to deal with this administration."
In an interview with the Daily Mail he said
We may have different opinions about Zelensky, but only Ukrainian citizens have the right to judge his support…And to publicly criticize him too, because, in the end, he is our elected leader."
Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a Ukrainian lawmaker from the opposition party Holos saidZelensky is not going anywhere, at least not anytime soon. If anything, Trump's attack has made him more popular and made the Ukrainian opposition to rally behind him."
Eugene Finkel, a professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, told Newsweek
Holding elections now would only benefit the Kremlin, further dividing Ukrainians and installing a new president who could sign a deal favorable to Moscow."
Volodymyr Ariev, a lawmaker from the opposition European Solidarity party, said